Author: HASALD
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Seminar: Professor Alessandro G. Benati
Secondary and online effects for structured input: Current and future research trends By Professor Alessandro G. Benati Processing instruction is a type of pedagogical intervention which is effective in assisting L2 learners in the correct processing and interpretation of linguistic features in the input. The primary effects of processing instruction have been measured in several…
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Seminar: Dr Sean McMinn
Navigating the Future of Language Education: From Generative AI to Cyber-Physical Learning By Dr Sean McMinn In a world marked by technological advancement and societal transformation, practitioners of language education are experiencing challenges to how, what, and why we teach and assess languages. For example, the rapid advancement of artificial intelligence, augmented and virtual reality,…
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Seminar: Dr Qing Ma (Angel)
Enhancing Teacher Development Through Free Online Corpora: Advancing Corpus-Based Language Pedagogy (CBLP) By Dr Qing Ma (Angel) While the potential of corpus linguistics to enhance language teaching and learning is significant, its practical application remains largely unexplored within the professional teaching community. This workshop aims to bridge this gap by introducing participants to a selection…
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Seminar: Dr Benjamin Luke Moorhouse
Insights from my learning journey from schoolteacher to being named a top 2% most-cited scholar by Dr Benjamin Luke Moorhouse Transitioning from a professional career to one in academia can be daunting. This is due in part to the high yet sometimes unclear expectations, steep learning curve and ‘publish or perish’ culture of modern higher education.…
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Seminar: Professor Andy Curtis
The Implications and Applications of Large Language Models for Self-Access Language Learning by Professor Andy Curtis As a result of the worldwide COVID-19 pandemic, many hundreds of millions of students and teachers had to move their classes – typically with very little time and limited institutional support (if any) – from being physically in-person and in…
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Presentation: Timothy Mossman from Simon Fraser University
Date: Thursday, 25 May 2017Speakers: Timothy Mossman from Simon Fraser University This was an overview of the services the SLC at SFU provides to shape student success: workshops, consultations, print and online resources, as well as through classroom collaborations with faculty. Tim described their unique multi-tiered approach to providing these services, which involves professional staff,…
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Presentation: Roxanne Miller (formerly Wong)
Date: Tuesday, 25 Apr 2017Speakers: Roxanne Miller (formerly Wong) ‘Roxifyonline’ is an automated feedback system designed to give students help with essay writing. This program is the product of Roxanne’s PhD research and was designed for use by EFL/ESL learners. It has been in use by her students for the two years. The programme went…
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Presentation: Adam Forrester from HK PolyU
Date: Tuesday, 21 Feb 2017Speakers: Adam Forrester from HK PolyU Adam Forrester is the Project Leader of the MOOC developed by the ELC, English@Work in Asia. This MOOC was first launched in October 2015, and is now on its third run on the edX platform. Adam’s talk taught us how MOOCs have developed, their characteristics, and presented…
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Presentation: Shari Lughmani from HK PolyU
Date: Wednesday, 11 Jan 2017Speakers: Shari Lughmani from HK PolyU Shari spoke about the recent rise of English across the Curriculum in Hong Kong universities and increased resources allocated towards General Education (GE) provision and literacy. She said that due to the impetus for inter-institutional collaboration and relevant pedagogical development, the Hong Kong’s University Grants…
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News: Seasons Greetings e-Card
Date: Monday, 12 Dec 2016Topic: James wrote and sent a Seasons Greetings e-Card to all HASALD members with information of the next event printed on it